CHRIS Ramsey admits he has plenty to worry about tomorrow – but a Joey Barton meltdown is not one of his concerns.

QPR manager Ramsey knows his side will drop down into the Championship if they lose at Manchester City.

And even if they get something from the daunting trip to the Etihad Stadium, they have little chance of avoiding relegation.

That will trigger a major overhaul at the club with a host of senior players out of contract and an ongoing dispute about a possible £58 million fine relating to Financial Fair Play still to be resolved.

That is enough to cause the manager headaches, but Ramsey insists he is confident there is no chance of Barton repeating his meltdown on his last visit to the stadium on that extraordinary afternoon three years ago when City won the title in the final seconds.

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Joey Barton was banned for 12 games after elbowing Carlos Tevez and kicking Sergio Aguero

Barton was banned for 12 games after getting sent off for elbowing Carlos Tevez and then kicking Sergio Aguero on the way off the pitch.

But Ramsey says his skipper is a changed man and said: “He was on a different stage of his life when he last went there and the red mist probably hit him a lot earlier than it does now.

“He has matured. As he has matured you can really see the qualities that he has, leadership qualities and playing ability that people don’t give him credit for.”